Just as with immigration, there is a limit to what even the most combative minister can do if the legislative and institutional factors underpinning an issue are not addressed.
Badenoch called for more risk and less intervention, and described how the tide was turned against Stonewall.
In order to pacify Stonewall and its followers outraged by this apparent new outbreak of Labour flip-flopping, Labour has made two very significant, but less publicised, promises.
This is a complicated issue, not least legally, and ministers have to do their best to make sure any new rules are fit for purpose before rolling them out.
If Suella Braverman wants to restore “common-sense policing”, she should start by overhauling the Public Order Act.
Rights are about ensuring equal treatment, not coercing others into giving you or your children special treatment.
It is the tool we need to give both families and schools an incentive to engage with the urgent question of what third-party providers are peddling to young people.
We agree that clarity is required: but the pressing questions do not require a redefinition of “sex”.
Basic services – the NHS, policing, schools, road maintenance, refuse collection, you name it – have gone to rack and ruin. Life expectancy has fallen sharply. We still have, to our shame, by far the worst drug death levels in Europe.
Anas Sarwar has shown no sign of sharing Sir Keir Starmer’s concerns about the Gender Recognition Reform (GRR) Bill.
We comprise half the electorate. You’re either with us – or with those on the left who can’t even bring themselves to define us.
But with a nuanced approach, the Tories can address areas of concern without alienating a vital, more liberal-minded part of their electoral coalition.
They didn’t get a surge when the UK Internal Market Act passed and saw only a temporary one after their Supreme Court defeat. What about now?
It is absurd to demand that the Conservatives stop waging the culture war when the other side continues to advance at pace.
Children who experience discomfort with their biological sex deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and need compassionate, effective mental health care. Sadly, at the hands of health authorities, they have been pushed in only one direction.